A bird feeder includes a transparent reservoir for storing a large quantity of feed for the birds to see so that more birds are attracted to the feeder. Orifices communicating with the reservoir are adjustable between open and closed positions to regulate the gravity flow of feed onto a tray located below the reservoir in order to maintain a limited but adequate amount of feed for the birds to eat.

An improved bird cage, fabricated of transparent plastic material which provides separate connecting compartments for sleeping and bathing purposes of the caged bird. The sides and top of the bathing compartment and the sleeping compartment are formed of solid transparent plastic sheets, with each compartment being removable from the cage assembly, and with the openings in the main cage compartment to the bathing and sleeping compartments being closeable by a sliding door or grill. The base sect...

A bird feeder has a spherical container suspended from a wire yoke for pivoting freely about a horizontal diameter, and a pipe and feeder table are secured to the bottom of this sphere. The pipe surrounds a bottom opening of the sphere, the feeder table is secured to the bottom of the pipe, and the pipe has bottom openings above the feeder table to dispense birdseed onto the feeder table. A rim around the feeder table retains the birdseed and serves as a perch, a deflector extends up into the bo...

A bird house includes a series of compartments formed of disposable material and sandwiched between two vertically spaced platforms. Connecting means normally holding the platforms and compartments together are releasable to permit the house to be disassembled for cleaning, the old compartments being discarded and replaced with new ones.

A bird feeder which includes removable bird feed containers supported in a cylindrical member which is suspended by a strap. The container includes an orifice of a size to permit only small birds to enter the feeder, while larger birds are required to feed from outside.

A bird feeder having a cup-like container for the bird seed, a vertical central shaft to support the container, a bent rod attached to the vertical shaft for hanging the bird feeder from a window frame (or other support), and a lid attached to the bent rod and spaced slightly above the container to protect the seed from the weather and to keep out large birds. The bird feeder's central shaft carries a horizontal plate, such as a washer, to support the seed container and to prevent tipping. Also,...

A bird decoy which is suitable for use in decoying ducks and geese is disclosed and has a body with a head connected thereto. The head is connected by a swivel mount which allows it to be rotated against the body when the decoy is not in use. Wings are hingedly attached to the body and contain a second hinge mounting at a point intermediate the tip of the wing and the point of connection of the wing to the body. They can be folded into a compact configuration against the body of the decoy when i...

A bird feeder comprises a sheet of stiff paper or paper board, folded to form a plurality of inclined walls. The walls incline inwardly toward the top, and are of less breadth at the top than at the bottom. The bird feeder is a house, having a floor and a roof, forming an enclosure in which bird feed is contained. A thin, rigid bird platform surrounds the walls at a level above the bottoms of the walls, and is formed of a shaped piece having an opening permitting the platform to be assembled by ...

A collapsible decoy 10, including two generally planar side body panels 11, 12 allowing the decoy 10 to be collapsed into a substantially flat configuration and which are splayed when in the erected position, a head and neck portion 14 connected to at least one of the side body panels 11, 12, and a means for retaining the side body panels 11, 12, when in use, in the erected position.

A bird frightener that may be removably disposed adjacent a tree or bush that bears fruit or berries that are attractive to birds as food. The bird frightener includes a pole that supports a prime mover on the upper end thereof, which prime mover rotates a number of spaced outwardly extending arms above the upper portion of the tree or bush. Each arm has at least one streamer thereon that waves as the arm rotates. Cam means operatively associated with the invention causes the arm to move upwardl...